[Diagnostic and prognostic problems of acute necrotizing herpetic encephalitis]. / Sui problemi diagnostici e prognostici della encefalite necrotizzante acuta herpetica.

The AA, study the case of patient presenting three relapses of severe herpetic encephalitic. These episodes were studied by TAC, RNM and EEG. The diagnostic and prognostic role of these examinations are stressed in discussion.

[Leukoencephalopathy in the elderly. Binswanger disease?]. / La leucoencefalopatia dei soggetti anziani. Malattia di Binswanger?

100 patients with cerebro-vascular disease, characterized by an acute episode, were explored by TC to examine the etiopathogenesis of cerebral damage of the periventricular white substance, correlated with Binswanger disease. Only 7 patients showed typical bilateral lesions of the periventricular white substance. All these patients, except for one, were over seventy. The same percentage was verified in patients more than 70 years old without cerebral vascular disease. In our series the only patient with mental impairment showed very serious lesions of the periventricular white substance.